"… ent connections. Rupert Bowen, whose overt career as a British diplomat in Europe and Namibia was later identified as cover for Secret Intelligence Service …"

"… overseas countries," the paper reported. Asked at a conference in 2002 on "Europe and America – a New Strategic Partnership – Future Defense and Industr …"

"… ency" of mercenary companies, in the hope of seeing the United Kingdom and Europe introduce licensing regimes that might allow them official recognition. Sp …"

"… and market the company's rough stones – was alleged in a 1999 classified European intelligence report to have continued buying diamonds from Angola – a …"

"… n Kimberley. "Why bring them all the way down here, instead of straight to Europe?" Bruwer asked in an interview with ICIJ.But back in Pretoria and Johannes …"

"… t organizations go back even further. The diamond dealer identified in the European intelligence report is known in the industry for his association with He …"

"… exposed to any indiscretions on the part of its sightholders, such as the European dealer with alleged ties to Hezbollah and conflict diamonds, named in th …"

"… ventures in Liberia, claiming to have got the better of Liberian President Charles Taylor and a fundamentalist Christian organization, known as Greater Ministries o …"

"… untry's civil war. One of the candidates for the country's highest office, Charles Taylor, had previously escaped from a Massachusetts jail while awaiting extraditi …"

"… the top.Some of Shefer's erstwhile business partners have fared less well. Charles Taylor, branded an international pariah, is in the middle of a renewed civil war. …"

"… write off his losses. Believed to be among the biggest arms traffickers in Europe, Monsieur had violated a United Nations embargo by shipping arms to Bosnia …"

"… unting weapons," not weapons of war. Though he had not broken Belgian law, European law enforcement authorities began to keep track of Monsieur.But law enfo …"

"… ocated his operations there in 1993. For six years, while authorities from Europe continued investigating his activities, he lived there openly, despite gro …"

"… the launch of Elf, he worked for four years in Tehran, before returning to Europe to handle the finances of the company. In 1978, he became chief of Elf's A …"

"… of the war in Sierra Leone had more to do with the frustrated ambitions of Charles Taylor, a warlord in neighboring Liberia, than any ideology of the RUF to better …"

"… jail in Italy, awaiting trial for gunrunning, scheduled for December 2002; Charles Taylor was warding off an offensive by rebels from the Liberians United for Recon …"

"… eaders – the late Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi, Liberian President Charles Taylor, former Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko, Libyan President Moammar Gadha …"

"… Kenyan businessman who aided Bout in his dealings with Liberia's president Charles Taylor. "The actions of Sanjivan Ruprah are equally odious as those of Victor Bou …"

"… ere largely planted by an aggressive group of utility companies, primarily European, that are attempting to privatize the world's drinking water with the he …"

"… ee in the Middle East plus the Gaza Strip, Australia/New Zealand and in 18 European nations, with most of the expansion in Eastern Europe. There, the Europe …"

"… Zealand and in 18 European nations, with most of the expansion in Eastern Europe. There, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has played a …"

"… European nations, with most of the expansion in Eastern Europe. There, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has played a key role in encoura …"

"… nd digital TV broadcaster TPS — and are among the largest advertisers in Europe."Whenever somebody accuses us of corruption, we file a lawsuit for libel," …"

"… Suez, Vivendi, Thames and Saur have proven to be masters at this skill. In Europe, they ally themselves with city mayors or top managers. In South America a …"

"… e bidsAdelaide's water privatization plan attracted the major players from Europe and the United States. They quickly formed Australian companies and allied …"